Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-09-26


in winter and Craze on his big, new
cleared pasture during the summer
He exhibited yokes Of 33oxen. vary.
inc in size from 5000 To 5000 pounds
the average being 4,07S pounds
The two largest yokes weighed 52ol
and 300. A dozen Of these pairs
weighed over 4000 each. 4 pair OF
four-vears-old. 400, the best evel
shown on the ground. Some ques-
ton the propriety or profit of keep
ing oxen after they reach 1000
pounds. but Mr.. Hazen prefers. fol
profit in work, the larger bodies. He
Is careful to get good teamsters, and
holds them responsible for the con-
dition of his teams. These &c oxen
were selected from about one hun
dred. which Hazen uses in his bust
ness. He also uses about 125 horses.
Ten OF these yokes have just come
from the Burlington state fair. bring
ing a first. a second and a town string
premium. We doubt if any man in
New England can show larger and
finer lot Of yoked cattle. For
proof We give the following weights
of the 30 vokes exhibited: 5000, 300.
400. 1000. 400, 400, 1900, 1850.
1900. 4200. 400. 400. 400, 100,
400. 1000. 1000. 1000. 1000, $3.50,
$500. 5000. 1900. $500. $500, $500,
$500. 300. 300. $500. $3.50, 5000,
$500 In the contest for best two
strings, of eight yokes each, Mr. Ha-
zen put on four strings from Concord
which averaged respectively, 1915,
401S, 1897. and 1891 pounds to each
pair: Waterford had q string that
averaged 1886; St.Johnsburv a string
that averaged 1868 to the pair Bar
net did not compete in oxen, but
made a very fine showing of steers.
The show in cattle outside Of the
thoroughbreds was small. In the
line Of fancy stock Nj. Harris took
the lead, having three full herds, -
animals in each, of Hereford. Poll
Angus and Devon. These herds are
among the best in the state. This is
the fourth fair they have attended
this year. At the New England fair
they brought away s311 in premiums,
Al Laconia, $3.50 and at the Vermont
state fair. $40. Mr.. Harris has on
his Lyndon farm some 50 Herefords,
y Poll Angus and 80 Devons. His
farm viii support a herd of 300 cat
tie and he designs TO increase his
Herefords until they reach that num-
Der. and will, by degrees, drop the
Polls and the Devons. He never
sells a Hereford heifer, and viii not
until his herd reaches the capacity of
his farm. after which he expects an
income. This breed he claims viii
produce more meat with less money
than any other breed in existence.
The appearance of his animals Ger
tainlv Indicate the correctness Of this
statement. The Poll Angus come
next in this direction His Hereford
four-vears-old bull, Green Noun
tain. weighs 260O and Is almost per
feet IN form He Is picture. But
at the other end Of his herd IS a Her
eford calf. three weeks old. weighing
only 10 pounds. When dropped he
tipped the beam at Il pounds. the
smallest calf ever heard Of. little
beauty and curiosity TO all behold
ers.
Among the Devon exhibitors was
c. L. Stevens, who had ) fine ami
mails. L a Darling had one Of the
finest jersey bulls and : other animals
Of the Hall stock, which showed good
Judgment in breeding and liberal
feeding y " Ruggles of Lyndon
showed a two-years-old bull, 400
pounds. and as smooth as a talIow
candle.
The Holstein exhibitors were John
Coucher of Lyndon. who showed
thoroughbred imported animal, 1000
pounds. and four Of his get, in the
shape Of grade calves. Ii. y. Hutch
inson Of Concord had a fine yearling
bull. Z. H. Clark Of Cabot, a ?
vears-old bull, ? cows and , calves.
The bull weighed 100 pounds and
was a noble looking fellow. The
Holstein exhibit seems to be growing
every year, and possibly they are
booked for a front position in the
Caledonia county fairs.
Durhams have not gone out Of
date. J. @. Hovey showed a splen-
did 3-years-old bull and five cows
and heifers. Jake has not been per
suaded that there Is better blood for
a farmer to keep. A. O. and J. Be
mis- Of Lyndon showed a herd Of
nine full bloods, perfect, 80 far as
we could discover. The Bemises be-
long well up 70 the head as breeders
Of this blood. A. I. Evans Of Lyn-
don showed d 4 years-old bull, a COW,
? two-years-oId heifers, d yearling
heifer and a bull calf, and if they
were behind the Bemis herd. we
couldn't see it. This Is a day for
fancy hoods bred for different pur-
poses, but, taken all in all. the old
Durhams for milk, beef, work. hardi-
ness and straightforward, sure profit,
are hard to beat.
A. ;. Livington, for the Fairbanks
e. showed J JERSEYS from the herd that